Combined back and head rest



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' G. E. FRIGK.

COMBINED. BACK AND HEAD REST.

Patented Dec. 24,1889.

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No. 418,004. Patented Dec. 24,-1889.

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T UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. FRIOK, OF NORWOOD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK GAU, OFCINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINED BACK AND HEAD REST.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,004, datedDecember 24, 1889.

Application filed June 22, 1889.

To (066 whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. FRICK, of Norwood, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin a Combined Back and Head Rest, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in whichFigure I is aperspective view of my device in lap-board form; Fig. II,the same with pillow attached and inclined in a railway-car seat; FigIII, a detail view of the pivotal connection of the pillow-stay and itssupportingrod. Fig. IV is a perspective view of a portion of one end ofthe device, showing one of the retaining or stay cords; Fig. V, thedevice in portable form. Fig. VI is a detail in perspective of thetubular joint. Fig. VII is a'detail in section of the upper end of oneof the side bars, showing the varying inclinations of the openings.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances primarially intendedto relieve the tedium of railway travel; and its object is to provide asimple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to promote individualcomfort, and at the same time to afford facilities for social enjoymentand recreation.

WVhen not in use, the apparatus may be readily and compactly folded, andwill occupy but little space in an ordinary valise or satchel, or may becarried in an overcoatpocket. Being complete in itself, it is notdependent upon any peculiar form of a car-seat or upon any attachment tothe same, or to any other part of a car, but is merely supported by theback or arm of the seat or by the adjacent window-sill. In any positionit will not injure or deface upholstery or woodwork. It may be used as ahead-rest or, by change of adjustment, as a combined back and head rest,and when desired may be readily converted into a lap-board, adapted forgames of chess, checkers, and other pastimes. In this form it may alsobe utilized as a tray by commercial travelers for the display of goods.In another position it becomes a book-rest. It will also be found adesirable adjunct for lawn-chairs, and equally suitable for camping andpicnic parties.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a web of canvas orother flexi- Serial No. 315,154. (No model.)

ble material, the central portion of which is checkered by needle-workor otherwise to adapt it for chess or similar games. edges of the webare hemmed and fitted to the side bars B, which are made in twosections, so that they may be folded together. The sections aredetachably united by tubular joints 0. The outer ends of the bars areprovided with ferrules having orifices in which the stay-rods D fit,whereby the web is extended and drawn taut. The web is also providedwith hooks E, which engage the stay-rods. A head-rest F, also made ofsuitable flexible material, is attached to stay-rods G, which arepivoted, as shown at H, to sup porting-rods I. It will be understoodthat by this arrangement the head-rest will readily adjust itself to theposition of the head. The lower ends of the supporting-rods engageapertures J in the side bars B. These aper- The tures are bored atvarying angles from the plane of the bars, as shown by dotted lines inthe drawings, and thereby provide means for regulating the height of thehead-rest.

If it be desired touse the device for a bookrest, the lower end of theapparatus is placed upon the floor of the car and the head-rest supportsI are inserted in the apertures in the upper ends of the bars.

The device is easily made portable by withdrawing two sections of theside bars from the tubular joints, folding them together with thehead-rest and its fixtures, and forming all into a roll which may beplaced in a small sack. (See Fig. V.)

It will be understood that two of the sec tions of the side bars arepermanently attached to the web, and in order to prevent the othersections from being withdrawn too far in the folding process cords K, ofsuitable length, are fastened to the bars and also to the web andconfine the movement within the desired limit.

Of course the ends of the stay-rod D at the upper end of the back-restcan be inserted in any one set of openings J, so that the web y its sideedges, transverse stay-bars having their ends bent to engage inperforations or openings in or near the outer ends of the side bars, oneof said stay-bars being longitudinally adjustable on the side bars, andhooks secured to the end edges of the Web and engaging the adjacentstay-bars, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the side bars having the sets of perforations Jnear their upper ends, each set of which perforations stands at adifferent angle from the axes of the side bars, of the adjustablesupport-rods I, capable of insertion in any one set of perforations J,and the head-rest having its side rods G inserted in eyes H, pivoted inthe upper ends of said support-rods, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the folding side bars B, provided in and neartheir ends With the sets of perforations J, and having their sectionsdetachably connected by tubular joints, the stay-bars D, connecting theside bars near the ends thereof, the Web adjustably attached to the sidebars and attached to the stay-bars by the hooks E, of the supportbars I,the head-rest, and the eyes H, pivoted in the outer ends of the bars Iand carrying the side bars of the head-rest, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I.

have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of June, 1889, in the presenceof two witnesses.

CHARLES E. ERICK.

- Witnesses:

EDWARD DIRNST,

IDWARD HILF.

